Transformers War for Cybertron WFC E-36 Sunstreaker review Transformers Toys Generations War for Cybertron: Earthrise Deluxe WFC-E36 Sunstreaker

 

Fighting Draconian measures one at a time.

I'm on a row. Just getting off my butt to do these shoots and review. Without delay, let's get started.

I don't seem to see a location name for his map piece like Trailbreaker. Anyhow, that is your box and contents.

Standing tall

I noticed I put the engine on his back wrong. 

Ankle tilting

This was one of the figures that I contemplated of getting due to me already being impressed with Henkei Sunstreaker. Not to mention, I really loved the mustard yellow the Henkei version sported. However, Hastak decided to scale figures so that really threw everything out the window had you invested in any figure prior to the Siege line. 

First off, ER Streaker looks decent. I too share the complaints of some others on why he has different shades of yellow- namely his chest piece (canopy) and both his forearms. Both these areas are colored with a very light yellow while a darker shade of yellow and some blacks fill out the rest of the figure. Why? I don't know. 

Then the 2nd complaint comes with his choice of weapon. Truthfully, he has none. For this release, the engine is his supposedly weapon of choice. However, he could barely hold on to it. It pegs well on his back, his forearms or even his mini shoulder stacks ( a feature that visually defined him in the G1 toys and cartoons, though over here it looks very small and obscured from certain angles.). The lack of an actual weapon is possibly the most disappointing aspect in this figure.

Last but a novel gesture, he has ankle tilting. I guess for more array of poses. Not too bad to have at all really.

Alt mode

This is where the lighter yellow is more evidently noticed and it makes you question the consistency even further. I mean what was Hastak thinking? Perhaps, like what my TF buddy would say, they probably lost the budget to paint him entirely and give him proper weapons. Worst off, Streaker is missing a wing/spoiler.  I guess they really did run out of money. Another minor gripe was that his front window is halved off due to the bottom half of the window stemming from his heels. Why they decided to make it like this once again is beyond my understanding. So there is literally the jigsaw effect on his front window. There is a good thing or two and that is it is easy to transform from robot mode into this alt mode, I'll give this figure that. Plus, the design doesn't look bad overall. 

With Siege Sideswipe

"I have weapons to spare"

The Lambo brothers together. As you can see, Nonnef's extra weapons came to save the day. Streaker was really happy to fire off Sideswipe's guns. Even Sideswipe had difficulty grasping the engine weapon Streaker came with. It fit well on his biceps though. Worst off is that I couldn't attach any of Sideswipe's weapons on those two empty ports of Streakers alt mode. However, I was able to mix and match a few of their weapons on one another on the canopy area. Use your imagination. 

Conclusion: 

Streaker is a very simple figure. However, he really feels barebones- lack of a real weapon I say? He also looks very simple in comparison to Sideswipe, whom I was wowed by his close resemblance to his G1 look. The choice of yellow baffles me as well. Because of this, he feels so random at times. I'm pretty sure we'll get him mainly just to scale with the current line of WFC figures and complete your season 1 ark characters. Just wait for Nonnef to save the day on the lack of weapons. Er Sunstreaker is possibly the closest Streaker figure to G1 if you missed out on his previous incarnations. Toodles. 

Toy Review: Transformers War for Cybertron WFC E-34 Trailbreaker.

6 feet apart... I think not. 

The dude could make a forcefield! I mean his name is Trailbreaker and today we take a look at the mold re-use of Hoist. Let's get started!

Box art and contents

I love his artwork on the side of the box. I included his map piece but it doesn't seem to have a location name.

Standing tall

2nd pic: Holding it as a gun. 

 

Trailbreaker in the flesh. At first I was annoyed because I thought he was a partsformer-  term coined by many TF fans where a transformation part does not align with their robot mode and is used as a shield, gun, or even a surfboard etc... The canopy piece which is his shield in this case actually fits in his back. His arm cannon/gun is used in a similar fashion to ER Hoist. You can plug it in any 5 mm port. In this case you can use it as a gun (just don't push it all the way down), an arm cannon (which is his trademark look) or forearm cannon. Use your imagination here. His cartoon look depicts the weapon as his left hand cannon, so that look is what I will be going by for most of this review/pics. 

He does come with his radar scanner and shoulder cannon. You can adjust both of these to your liking. His cannon was actually white in the cartoons but here they made it black. I'm mixed on this simply because it just blends in with his already black color scheme. I wouldn't have mind that his cannon be a little longer either but I'm pretty sure it will exceed Hasbro's budget at this point. When it comes to the arm cannon mode, I don't like to see the gun handle sticking out when posing; some of my pics show this apparently. It makes it seems as if he is still holding a gun. To rectify this you can swivel his wrist to prevent the handle from showing. Hoist shares this feature as well. His box art also shows that his red bar that is right below the shoulder cannon was actually black, but here it is red. I dunno why Hasbro does this. They did the same to Smokescreen's shoulder guns when I covered it earlier.

Like Hoist, his arm flaps sometimes get in the way of posing. It just looks weird that there is a flap behind both arms. Last but not least, I feel he looks great but some sites point out that he is fat looking. I do see that but I think he looks good still plus love the extra features he has.

Alt mode

Very easy to transform for the most part. My only complaint really is, like Hoist, I just don't like the "hands below deck" in this mode. I just find it weird that there is fists sticking out in the bottom. 

With Earthrise Hoist

Pick your favorite. I actually think the mold looks more impressive on Trailbreaker. No battle damage as well. Makes me wonder if Hoist was meant to be part of the Siege line. Both share the "hands below deck" feature in alt mode. Yay. 

Trailbreaker with the canopy backpack

I think he looks much better with the canopy for his back. You can actually flip the canopy out in which I forgot to take a pic. Anyhow, he looks more complete this way.

Conclusion: The mold looks better on Trailbreaker than Hoist. He has extra features such as his shoulder cannon and canopy that can be used as a shield or maybe even a surfboard, but I didn't really go that far. My only real complaint was how the *gasp* once again, "hands below deck" look in alt mode. Anyhow, TB is here to complete your season 1 TF ark members. Ciao.